Oswego teen chronicled Civil War odyssey in letters home
5/23/2013 |
Nation's, Kendall County's history tied to the postal service
5/16/2013 |
It's May! What do May flowers bring? Read on...
5/9/2013 |
Want clothes? Early settlers here had to make their own
5/2/2013 |
Prairies need fires to help maintain ecological health
4/25/2013 |
Dandelions: annoying weeds or good for eating and drinking?
4/18/2013 |
Bearded Republican presidents have big lead over Democrats
4/11/2013 |
Now a novelty, maple sugaring was once common here
4/4/2013 |
Year of the early spring brought flood of settlers here in 1833
3/28/2013 |
A man's world? Not for these early Kendall County women
3/21/2013 |
How did that song go? 'Blow, blow March winds-April's on the way!'
3/14/2013 |
Prizefights in Oswego: 'Are county officials helpless or are they asleep?'
3/7/2013 |
Early Illinois not a hell on the prairie, but no Eden either
2/28/2013 |
Timber was an essential commodity for early local settlers
2/21/2013 |
We might all be saying 'Alles Liebe zum Valentinstag!' today
2/14/2013 |
For settlers 'Pioneer Skillet' was a tool, not a menu item
2/7/2013 |
Early settlers here had to keep their powder dry
1/31/2013 |
Dams, mills once common on all Illinois rivers, streams
1/24/2013 |
The father of our country never lived in the White House
1/17/2013 |
How local Native Americans survived the frigid winters
1/10/2013 |
Watch for Kendall County connections in Spielberg's 'Lincoln'
1/3/2013 |
Blizzards proved awe-inspiring and deadly for early settlers
12/27/2012 |
Got your life? Then you have everything, even junk mail
12/20/2012 |
Recalling Christmas' past: 'Things were different then'
12/13/2012 |
158 years later, tiny Bristol Post Office still survives
12/6/2012 |
Nov. 12, 1933: the day the 'Great, black blizzard' reached Kendall Co.
11/29/2012 |
Looking ahead to winter...and into the junk mail file
11/22/2012 |
Before corn, wheat was king on Kendall County farms
11/15/2012 |
Mild-manner demeanor masked vet's real heroism
11/8/2012 |
Here's why Kendall County has historically voted Republican
11/1/2012 |
Some historical presidential facts before the election
10/25/2012 |
How 'some idiots' changed the name of Spunky Point, Ill. to Warsaw
10/18/2012 |
Better roads, vehicles brought end to creamery era here
10/11/2012 |
100 years ago Teddy Roosevelt, Bulgarians were big news here
10/4/2012 |
Debate over ICBMs, megatonage went out with the Cold War
9/27/2012 |
Carpeting a preoccupation long before 'HUdson 3-2700'
9/20/2012 |
Maramech Hill: A local historic site of national importance
9/13/2012 |
For early settlers here a good garden meant survival
9/6/2012 |
Late August junk mail falling like autumn leaves
8/30/2012 |
Before texting and Twitter there was the telegraph and telephone
8/23/2012 |
Yes, Montgomery once had its very own amusement park
8/16/2012 |
When summer was hot and air conditioning a novelty
8/9/2012 |
So what's the deal with the 'Dog Days' of summer anyway?
8/2/2012 |
Kendall County's location the historic secret to its growth
7/26/2012 |
Fishing 'magic': How carp became red salmon
7/19/2012 |
Most years, corn well past 'Knee high by Fourth of July'
7/12/2012 |
Nation's first monument located far away from Washington, D.C.
7/5/2012 |
Post office was at center of 19th century social issue disputes
6/28/2012 |
19th century Kendall County was a hotbed of low tech innovations
6/21/2012 |
Remembering Kendall County's 'golden age' of bank robbery
6/14/2012 |
The truth about the first ship to travel the Panama Canal
6/7/2012 |
A quiet man and patriot remembered on Decoration Day
5/31/2012 |
Black Hawk War had lasting impact on northern Illinois
5/24/2012 |
Hope for a peaceful resolution of Indian conflict here proved forlorn
5/17/2012 |
Survey finds we're working more hours than we did back in '73
5/10/2012 |
Hard roads, autos and trucks doomed interurban trolley service
5/3/2012 |
Preserving historic buildings makes social and economic sense
4/26/2012 |
To early settlers prairies here were 'exquisitely beautiful'
4/19/2012 |
As long as you have electricity, you can't beat a Blickensderfer
4/12/2012 |
180 years ago Illinois Indians went to war and history changed forever
4/5/2012 |
Tool manufacturing a specialty for 19th century blacksmith shops
3/29/2012 |
Local history and events moved very fast in the 1830s, too
3/22/2012 |
'Werewolf of London' sounds better than 'Lycanthrope of London'
3/15/2012 |
Glaciers sculpted and shaped the Kendall County landscape
3/8/2012 |
'Maggie' Shepard Edwards: A woman ahead of her time
3/1/2012 |
Model T worked fine as passenger car, not so well as a tractor
2/23/2012 |
What's your line of work? Last names once provided the answer
2/16/2012 |
Just for you loyal reader: A mid-winter junk mailapalooza
2/9/2012 |
Sleighs used for much more than 'dancing through the snow'
2/2/2012 |
Historic news reports show serious crimes are not new here
1/26/2012 |
Post Office Act of 1792 had major impact on settlement here
1/19/2012 |
President, Chief Justice Taft knew how to live large
1/12/2012 |
Life definitely more complicated today, but also more comfortable
1/5/2012 |
Lorenzo Rank: The best friend this journalist never met
12/29/2011 |
Memories of holiday dinners are still sharp as ever
12/22/2011 |
Have 'A Holly Jolly Christmas' and enjoy your junk mail
12/15/2011 |
Prohibition spawned widespread bootlegging here
12/8/2011 |
Briefly banning alcohol proved very costly for Oswego in 1891
12/1/2011 |
Native Americans helped assure the Pilgrims' survival
11/24/2011 |
Robert Frost's 'road less traveled' led to four Pulitzer Prizes
11/17/2011 |
How a determined Oswego school boy became a Civil War hero
11/10/2011 |
Business travel was a whole different trip for early entrepreneurs
11/3/2011 |
Popular lore: It was a newspaper that changed the spelling of Cleveland
10/31/2011 |
So why would anyone want to leave Prince Edward Island?
10/20/2011 |
Apples proved almost indispensable to early Midwest settlers
10/13/2011 |
Rand McNally had role in establishing Route 25, other area highways
10/6/2011 |
A local soldier's story: 'I will go to return victorious or a corpse'
9/29/2011 |
Columnist has a new appreciation for Japan's 'Respect for the Aged Day'
9/22/2011 |
Plowing matches once attracted thousands to farms east of Oswego
9/15/2011 |
Small Oswego park a last vestige of one of Kendall's 'lost' towns
9/8/2011 |
Anti-slavery movement here linked to early Congregational Churches
9/1/2011 |
Back-to-school time is here, but junk mail knows no season
8/25/2011 |
Columnist always struck out in lunchroom sandwich trades
8/18/2011 |
Era of manufactured gas burned brightly, but soon flickered
8/11/2011 |
Early settlers didn't waste time in transforming what is now Kendall County
8/4/2011 |
Fox River pearls found by wading, not deep diving
7/28/2011 |
Life continues to change as technological advances march on
7/21/2011 |
'Silent Cal' Coolidge was actually quite the White House prankster
7/14/2011 |
It took the Supreme Court to sort out this centuries-old fishing dispute
7/7/2011 |
Cutters brothers' remarkable journey finally ended here
6/30/2011 |
1936 truly a remarkable year here, despite the Depression
6/23/2011 |
Matile fishing policy: Catch no fish bigger than yourself
6/16/2011 |
Hot weather, wetlands proved daunting to Kendall's first surveyors
6/9/2011 |
Fox River: Great for recreation, not so much for commerce
6/2/2011 |
Rebel attack on Fort Sumter sparked immediate response in Oswego
5/26/2011 |
Junk mail reveals awful truth about Lauren Bacall, Andy Williams
5/19/2011 |
When the Fox River was 'a dirty, evil smelling waterway'
5/12/2011 |
Indian Removal Act hastened departure of local Native Americans
5/5/2011 |
Here's why there are 39 different ways to spell 'Waubonsee'
4/28/2011 |
Before Air Force One there was the Ferdinand Magellan
4/21/2011 |
The South started Civil War to defend investment in slavery
4/14/2011 |
Settler's story: An average person during an extraordinary era
4/7/2011 |
Pioneer's letters described this 'most beautiful country'
3/31/2011 |
After first flight to Paris, Lindbergh didn't take any chances
3/24/2011 |
Voters here said 'Yes' to fire services amidst the Great Depression
3/17/2011 |
Desire for consumer goods overcame Native American culture
3/10/2011 |
Like today's truck drivers, voyageurs thrived on hauling
3/3/2011 |
Duryea Brothers mostly forgotten, but their legacy drives on
2/24/2011 |
Travel distances a factor in creation of Kendall County
2/17/2011 |
Lincoln's legal career included three cases with Kendall ties
2/10/2011 |
One slave's incredible life: From Kentucky to Farnsworth Avenue
2/3/2011 |
Sledding and the need for speed was what winter was about
1/27/2011 |
Build Stonehenge today? You're going to need a building permit
1/20/2011 |
Fox River ice a big business here for a short time
1/13/2011 |
New railroad line helped create a new industry here in the 1870s
1/6/2011 |
A different world: Growing up on a local farm in the 1950s
12/30/2010 |
Junk mail helps relieve that last minute shopping angst
12/23/2010 |
Family interviews show how Christmas traditions changed
12/16/2010 |
California Gold Rush was worth the trip for some Kendall residents
12/9/2010 |
Many from Kendall County caught California's gold rush fever
12/2/2010 |
Is this really Thanksgiving or just pre-Christmas?
11/25/2010 |
Kendall County an ethnic melting pot from its earliest years
11/18/2010 |
Three from Kendall lost their lives in 'war to end all wars'
11/11/2010 |
1873: The year Kendall County farmers flexed their political muscle
11/4/2010 |
Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville finally gets his due
10/28/2010 |
Wishing 'happy trails' to Roy, Dale, and even Trigger and Bullet
10/21/2010 |
Napoleon's army, columnist both travel on their stomachs
10/14/2010 |
No need to travel far to enjoy all of nature's fall glory
10/7/2010 |
Only problem with early Illinois history is on the part of its residents
9/30/2010 |
Junk mail reveals the truth about our presidents' log cabin claims
9/23/2010 |
Here's how early Kendall County settlers laid claim to land
9/16/2010 |
What's the deal with us trying to educate everyone in the country?
9/9/2010 |
Decades and centuries pass, but we're still 'screaming' for ice cream
9/2/2010 |
Junk mail continues to provide answers to those unasked questions
8/26/2010 |
History has lots of financial lessons but, tragically, few seem interested
8/19/2010 |
When "small grains" were big in Kendall County
8/12/2010 |
Fox River Valley rich in easy-to-reach local history museums
8/5/2010 |
Reveling in the Dog Days of summer and in the junk mail
7/29/2010 |
Oswego Drag Strip Days brings back fond memories of hot rod era
7/22/2010 |
Putting Kendall County's 'healthiest' status in historic perspective
7/15/2010 |
Visitor from the past wouldn't recognize Kendall County farms today
7/8/2010 |
Like small schools? You'll find plenty in Montana and Nebraska
7/1/2010 |
Looking for some historical driving kicks? Just try old Route 6
6/24/2010 |
Early how-to book lured many Brits and Scots to Illinois
6/17/2010 |
Kendall, Kane and Will: Where those county names came from
6/10/2010 |
Scapegoats, sermons and more: The junk mail continues to flow
6/3/2010 |
A few have survived not one, but two historic events
5/27/2010 |
Spring means it's planting time once again on Illinois prairie
5/20/2010 |
Madisons, DuPonts understood the value of historic preservation
5/13/2010 |
A few more reasons why it's important to open your junk mail
5/6/2010 |
Destitute here looked to local government first during Great Depression
4/29/2010 |
A true Kendall County renaissance man: John Dean Caton
4/22/2010 |
Local opposition kept the railroad out of downtown Oswego, for a time
4/15/2010 |
Spring, junk mail go together like horse, carriage
4/8/2010 |
Why Kendall's first concrete road bypassed downtown Oswego, Yorkville
4/1/2010 |
It took a new fee, government cooperation to build first hard roads
3/25/2010 |
By land and water: Riverboats had role in stagecoach era
3/18/2010 |
Don't ask a young American to find Afghanistan on a map
3/11/2010 |
Frances E. Lane: Kendall County's unlikely women's rights warrior
3/4/2010 |
'Madness?' Erie Canal proponents proved Thomas Jefferson wrong
2/25/2010 |
Early history of Kendall County has proven an invaluable research tool
2/18/2010 |
Don't like those sappy Valentine's Day cards? Blame this Frenchman
2/11/2010 |
Gangster may have told agents of Three-Fingered Jack's grave here
2/4/2010 |
Put a tiger in your tank? Lots of recent history in old ad campaigns
1/28/2010 |
1900: The year that set the 20th Century's stage
1/21/2010 |
It's so easy to twist, even a caveman can do it!
1/14/2010 |
Settling Wheatland's treeless prairie lands
1/7/2010 |
